Sampling Results of the Improved SKC Diesel Particulate Matter Cassette

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• Personal Author:
  Hall P ; Haney R ; McWilliams, Linda J. ; Noll, James D. ; Timko, Robert J.
• Description:
  Diesel particulate matter (DPM) samples from underground metal/nonmetal mines are collected on quartz fiber filters and measured for carbon content using NIOSH Method 5040. If size-selective samplers are not used to collect DPM in the presence of carbonaceous ore dust, both the ore dust and DPM will collect on the quartz filters, causing the carbon attributed to DPM to be artificially high. Because the DPM particle size is much smaller than that of mechanically generated mine dust aerosols, it can be separated from the larger mine dust aerosol by a single-stage impactor. The SKC DPM cassette is a single-stage impactor designed to collect only DPM aerosols in the presence of carbonaceous mine ore aerosols, which are commonly found in underground nonmetal mines. However, there are limited data on how efficiently the SKC DPM cassette can collect DPM in the presence of ore dust. In this study, we investigated the ability of the SKC DPM cassette to collect DPM while segregating ore dust from the sample. We found that the SKC DPM cassette accurately collected DPM. In the presence of carbon-based ore aerosols having an average concentration of 8 milligrams per cubic meter, no ore dust was detected on SKC DPM cassette filters. We did discover a problem: the surface areas of the DPM deposits on SKC DPM cassettes, manufactured prior to August 2002, were inconsistent. To correct this problem, SKC modified the cassette. The new cassette produced, with 99% confidence, a range of DPM deposit areas between 8.05 and 8.28 cubic centimeters, a difference of less than 3%. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Dust Hazardous Substances Laboratories Metals Mining Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Carbon Carbon Diesel-particulate-matter Diesel Particulate Matter Dust Dust-samplers Dusts Health-hazards Impactor Laboratory-testing Metal-mining Nonmetal-mining Occupational-diseases Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Respirable-dust Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1545-9624
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  29-37
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026481
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Hyg 2005 Jan; 2(1):29-37
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Email:
  JNoll@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6791c6d1ae336441a754d40a0178c334433d9053cbe58b6675824d27bf91069d8d3287af1e63a87a0590a4d06b357cd68a5adfdfbd3bde99968216b6aee78706
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